https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10152494798534077
I dont know if the link will work but it shows a dog apparently tucking a baby in by nosing the blanket around the baby. The dog is using the same action that it would use to cover up a bone it is burying. The video is all over facebook at the moment. Opinions are divided between thse who think the dog is being caring and looking after the baby and thise who think the dog is burying the baby to eat later. I am just wondering what peopl;e on here think is likely?

Could be trying to remove it from sight, no aggression, just wants it out of its personal space

Not sure what the dog's motive is,  may simply be trying to 'hide'  the baby from sight?

What worries me,  is the caption above,  which seems to imply that the people haven't had the dog for very long.   (Of course,  it could be referring to the baby,  but I very much doubt it)

My last dog used to try and hide things she didn't like in a similar way.

Looks sweet, but I wouldn't be over happy about it especially with a dog that you don't really know very well.

No way should the dog be allowed un-supervised access to the baby, you do need to allow the dog to investigate and accept the baby as a human but let it take it in his own time. Babies scarce me imagine what the dog feels like, one thing is sure it is not tucking it in.

That's how my dog acts if she has been given a bowl of food she doesn't want to eat. She tries to bury it to get rid of it.

>That's how my dog acts if she has been given a bowl of food she doesn't want to eat. She tries to bury it to get rid of it.

ditto.

doesn't sound like dog views baby positively

I'd agree barbara. Hopefully the dog will become use to the baby.

Oh how I hate all these 'so cute' vids showing babies with dogs.   They give me the cold shudders.   Yes I know somebody is there filming, but how many times is the dog left ALONE with the baby.    And it's teaching people that it's fine, cute, funny to leave a dog with a defenceless baby.   Which it's NOT!!!!!   What's the point warning people about dogs and small kids, with these videos all over the place!!!

That dog is clearly 'burying' the baby - and if you look, also using his mouth at times.   If this was to happen with nobody right there, he could actually cover the baby, nip it (however unintentional) and so on.  Thankfully the baby just stayed sleeping - what if he's woken up and started crying or making other noises.  Recipe for DISASTER.   Obviously filmed and watched by people who don't understand dogs!!!!!   Very disturbing.

>Oh how I hate all these 'so cute' vids showing babies with dogs.   They give me the cold shudders.

>Thankfully the baby just stayed sleeping - what if he's woken up and started crying or making other noises.  Recipe for DISASTER.

I fully agree with you MamaBas. I owned a lovely dog but the first time she heard my grandson cry she reacted as if he were a prey animal  such as a squirrel or rabbit.  It was as if a switch flipped in her head and she immediately went in to hunting mode the same way she would have reacted had a rabbit just run out from under her nose. Thankfully she was on the lead for introductions and not that close to the baby. I have no doubt that had she been as close as the dog in the video she could have killed the baby. Not because she is a nasty vicious dog but just because she was acting entirely on instinct. Needless to say we then kept her locked away when ever the grandson came to visit.

She was fine with older children but not safe with babies. On that first visit I had  no idea she would react as she did. Common sense dictated that when introducing a dog to something she had never seen before that was so vulnerable then she should  be on a lead and introduced cautiously. My other dogs who had also never seen a new baby before were fine and even looked concerned when the baby cried and it seemed at the time that having them on the lead for introductions seemed over cautious, until my girl reacted as she did. Thank heavens I did put her on lead. We all like to think our dogs will welcome  a new member of the family but things dont always go to plan.

I di see it but couldn't be bothered to watch as I am one who doesn't think its cute. I think to much anthropomorphism going on ,not sure what the dog is doing but imo it sure isnt tucking it in like a human would

When mum had my younger siblings when she was not there even as babies they where placed in a carry cot which was then placed in side a wooden play pen, the dogs where taken out of the room baby gate shut and latched.

And she trusted them but would not leave them alone with the baby, they had two obstructions to get over just to reach the baby and if she went up stairs the door was shut as well.

Before anyone says why not crate them, I am in my forties and younger siblings in late twenties cages where not heard of or easily available then.

Now I would use a crate